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Neurofilament Surveillance Project (NSP)

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The Bluefield Project to Cure Frontotemporal Dementia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

FTLD
Frontotemporal Dementia
FTD
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
FTD-GRN

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a biomarker study designed to collect and analyze blood specimens from individuals carrying known familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (f-FTLD) mutations compared to a control group of individuals without known f-FTLD mutations. The NSP is an ancillary study to the ARTFL LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration" (ALLFTD) study, NCT04363684. More information can be found at https://www.allftd.org/.

Full description

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), a group of clinically heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive deterioration of the frontal and temporal cortices as well as basal ganglia and brainstem structures, is a common cause of neurodegenerative dementia in people who are less than 60 years old at onset. It is uniformly fatal. FTLD is a rare disease, with an estimated prevalence of approximately 5-22 per 100,000. There are no approved treatments, however several investigational agents are in human trials and a variety of novel agents are poised to enter human development. Experience from other neurodegenerative diseases suggests that potential disease modifying treatments are most likely to be efficacious if initiated before the onset of symptoms.

Approximately 25% of FTLD cases are familial (f-FTLD) and due to autosomal dominant mutations in one of three genes: C9orf72, progranulin (GRN) or microtubule associated protein tau (MAPT). Many of the new therapies entering the clinic directly target one of these genetic causes and raise the possibility that the clinical features of FTLD could be delayed or prevented in these individuals if an efficacious therapy was initiated prior to the onset of symptoms. The major barrier to determining efficacy of novel therapeutic agents for f-FTLD in such prevention trials is the lack of an endpoint that can indicate therapeutic efficacy prior to the onset of symptoms. Our preliminary data strongly suggest that plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) could serve as such a biomarker.

This non-interventional study is in preparation for pivotal clinical trials. Up to 335 participants will provide blood remotely via visits from traveling mobile research nurses four times a year for three years (4355 samples total) to enable the observation of peripheral NfL levels longitudinally during disease onset and progression, with the ultimate goal of qualifying plasma NfL as an endpoint for f-FTLD prevention trials. The NSP study is an ancillary study to ALLFTD, and biomarker data collected in the NSP will be correlated with ALLFTD clinical data. More information on the NSP study may be found at https://www.allftd.org/nsp.

Enrollment

342 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 85 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female
  2. Ages 18-85
  3. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  4. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  5. Is enrolled in the longitudinal arm of ALLFTD
  6. Is a member of a family with a known mutation in C9orf72, GRN or MAPT

Exclusion criteria

  1. Any permanent contra-indication to repeated blood draws, such as poor venous access.
  2. Any conditions or circumstances which, in the opinion of the investigator, would not allow participation in the study.

Trial design

342 participants in 2 patient groups

f-FTLD mutation carriers
Description:
All participants must be from a family with f-FTLD mutations. The f-FTLD mutation carrier group members will have their genetic status tested and included in this group if a f-FTLD mutation is observed. Participants do not need to know or be told their genetic status.
Non-mutation carriers from families with f-FTLD mutations
Description:
All participants must be from a family with f-FTLD mutations. The non-mutation carrier group members will have their genetic status tested and included in this group if they do not have a f-FTLD mutation. Participants do not need to know or be told their genetic status.

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Rachel Acuna-Narvaez

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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